Anti-Diversion, Anti-Counterfeiting Product Packaging

1. Packaging for a product, the packaging comprising a closure, wherein the closure is configured to close a product container and comprises a closure body that prevents access to an identification tag embedded therein without irreversibly damaging the closure body, the identification tag comprising (a) a radio frequency identification device (RFID) configured to receive a query signal from an RFID reader and, in response to receiving the query signal, transmit a response signal representing a first unique product identifier associated with the closure, and (b) identification information corresponding to the unique product identifier associated with the closure.

2. The packaging of claim 1 , wherein the closure body includes a first portion and a second portion that are associated to define a chamber and the identification tag resides within the chamber and is optionally attached to either the first portion or the second portion of the closure body.

3. The packaging of claim 1 , wherein the identification information is indelibly marked on the identification tag.

4. The packaging of claim 1 , wherein the identification information comprises a letter code, a number code, an alphanumeric code, a bar code, a symbol code, a two-dimensional code, or a three-dimensional code.

5. The packaging of claim 1 , further comprising a product container that is detachably or non-detachably attached to the closure, wherein the product container is configured to be closed by the closure.

6. The packaging of claim 5 , wherein the product container is marked with a second representation of the unique product identifier.

7. The packaging of claim 6 , further comprising an outer container with the product container secured therein, wherein the outer container is marked with a third representation of the unique product identifier.

8. The packaging of claim 7 , wherein the second representation and/or the third representation of the unique product identifier includes a machine-readable code and/or a human-readable code.

9. The packaging of claim 7 , wherein the second representation and/or the third representation includes a letter code, a number code, an alphanumeric code, a bar code, a symbol code, a two-dimensional code, or a three-dimensional code.

10. The packaging of claim 8 , wherein at least a portion of the human-readable code is randomized and/or comprises a manufacturer identifier.

11. The packaging of claim 1 , wherein the unique product identifier is associated with an invoice number or other document associated with the product.

12. A method of determining whether a product has been diverted from its intended supply chain, the method comprising: (a) receiving a packaged product comprising a product within a product container having a closure disposed thereon, wherein the closure comprises a closure body that prevents access to an identification tag embedded therein without irreversibly damaging the closure body, the identification tag comprising (i) a radio frequency identification device (RFID) configured to receive a query signal from an RFID reader and, in response to receiving the query signal, transmit a response signal representing a first unique product identifier associated with the closure, and (ii) identification information corresponding to the unique product identifier associated with the closure; (b) breaching the closure body; and (c) determining whether the packaged product has been diverted from its intended supply chain based at least in part on assessing the identification information.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein assessing the identification information comprises using the identification information to query a database that associates the identification information with the identity of the last party in the intended supply chain to have received the product.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising a step of analyzing the product, wherein a difference between the product analyzed and a sample of the product originally packaged indicates that the product has been tampered with.

15. A method of packaging a product in a product container, the method comprising: receiving the product container with the product disposed therein; and closing the product container by affixing a closure to an opening of the product container, wherein the closure is configured to close the product container and comprises a closure body that prevents access to an identification tag embedded therein without irreversibly damaging the closure body, the identification tag comprising (a) a radio frequency identification device (RFID) configured to receive a query signal from an RFID reader and, in response to receiving the query signal, transmit a response signal representing a first unique product identifier associated with the closure, and (b) identification information corresponding to the unique product identifier associated with the closure.

16. A method of packaging a product in a product container, the method comprising: receiving the product container with the product disposed therein; closing the product container by affixing a closure to an opening of the product container, wherein the closure is configured to close the product container and comprises a closure body that prevents access to an identification tag embedded therein without irreversibly damaging the closure body, the identification tag comprising (a) a radio frequency identification device (RFID) configured to receive a query signal from an RFID reader and, in response to receiving the query signal, transmit a response signal representing a first unique product identifier associated with the closure, and (b) identification information corresponding to the unique product identifier associated with the closure; and inserting the product container with the closure affixed thereto into an outer container having an opening and/or a wall including a hole therein, and indelibly marking the product container within the outer container with a first representation of a unique identifier and indelibly marking an outer surface of the outer container with a second representation of the unique identifier.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising securing the product container within the outer container, wherein the product container is secured after indelibly marking the product container through the opening in the outer container.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising securing the product container within the outer container, wherein the product container is secured before or after indelibly marking the product container by directing the first representation through the hole in the wall of the outer container.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein indelibly marking the product container and the outer surface of the outer container comprises one or more of printing, laser engraving, etching, stamping, embossing, or dyeing the first and second representations of the unique identifier on the product container and on the outer surface of the outer container.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first representation and/or the second representation of the unique identifier includes a machine-readable code and/or a human-readable code.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein the machine-readable code includes a two-dimensional code or a three-dimensional code.

22. The method of claim 20 , wherein the human-readable code includes an alphanumeric code and/or a symbolic code.

23. The method of claim 20 , wherein at least a portion of the human-readable code is randomized.

24. The method of claim 20 , wherein a portion of the human-readable code comprises a manufacturer identifier.

25. The method of claim 16 , further comprising storing an association of an invoice number or other document associated with the packaged product and one or more of the unique identifiers in a database.